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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThAlEdison" data-source="post: 5964865" data-attributes="member: 6695062">This one I only partially agree with (I would also balance it the opposite play, buff the monsters vs nerf the characters),  basically we've been fighting standard humans & goblins.  For those to be a worthy encounter (as in 13 encounters per level), there has to be a minimum of 9 humans or goblins present (we have 6 players, otherwise it would be 8 enemies for 5 players).  Given the party member ACs are 11 (wizard), 15 (fighter 1), 15 (rogue), 15 (cleric 1), 17 (fighter 2), 18 (cleric 2); even if the enemies have no bonus, that's just over 2.5 hits/round.For Goblins, if we kill 3/round they'll do an average of 21 points of damage to the party. That's just under 1/5th of the party's total HP (which is a bit under powered on their side, they should be doing 1/3rd to 1/4th).  If instead we only kill 2/round, the damage jumps to 29, which is 1/4 the party's health.In order to kill only 2/round they're AC should be about 16 and hit points should be about 13.  That doesn't seem to be the case from when we've played, so that part isn't balanced (unless the intent is to level up faster, because about 12 goblins will actually do 1/4 damage to the party; meaning about 10 encounters/level).Although the hitpoint/AC shield is confusing, and I wouldn't put it past someone to have mixed those up at least once.</blockquote>